Job 18

Revised Geneva Translation

18 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered, and said,

² “When will you put an end to your words? Make us understand, and then we will speak.

³ “Why are we counted as beasts, and vile in your sight?

⁴ “You are as one who tears his soul in his anger. Shall the Earth be forsaken for your sake, or the rock removed from its place?

⁵ “Yea, the light of the wicked shall be quenched. And the spark of his fire shall not shine.

⁶ “The light shall be dark in his dwelling, and his candle shall be put out with him.

⁷ “The steps of his strength shall be restrained, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

⁸ “For he is taken in the net by his feet, and he walks upon the snares.

⁹ “The net shall take him by the heel, and the traps shall come upon him.

¹⁰ “A noose is laid for him on the ground, and a trap for him on the way.

¹¹ “Fearfulness shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.

¹² “His strength shall be famine. And destruction shall be ready at his side.

¹³ “It shall devour the inner parts of his skin. The firstborn of death shall devour his strength.

¹⁴ “His hope shall be rooted out of his dwelling, and shall cause him to go to the king of fear.

¹⁵ “Fear shall dwell in his house (because it is not his). Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

¹⁶ “His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut down.

¹⁷ “His memory shall perish from the Earth, and he shall have no name in the street.

¹⁸ “They shall drive him out of the light into darkness and chase him out of the world.

¹⁹ “He shall have neither son nor nephew among his people, nor any posterity in his dwellings.

²⁰ “Those who follow shall be astonished every day, and fear shall come upon the ancient.

²¹ “Surely such are the habitations of the wicked. And this is the place of him who does not know God.”